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Where Can I Get Information on Different Career Paths?
This short-term education pilot program provides expanded education opportunities for soldiers, officers and wounded warriors serving on active duty -- to include National Guard and Reserve soldiers on extended active duty -- with training in high-demand career fields to help them find employment after they transition out of the Army. Such career fields include rehabilitation, nursing, medical technology, and other health care occupations.
Provides the DoD virtual, career exploration program that uses tools, tests and resources to assist highschool and college students with exploring military and civilian occupations.
Offers resources and information on colleges and universities, training, certification courses, apprenticeships and Job Corps Centers.
Tips from the Better Business Bureau when considering a career training school (also known as a vocational, trade or technical school).
Describes ways to use military service to earn college credits as many schools and colleges award military students credit towards a degree based on training, coursework, and occupational specialty. The Transfer Guide for Understanding your Military Recommendations offers information on how to successfully navigate your way through the process of transfer credit for military training and experience.
Locate regional, state and local training and education opportunities that match a chosen occupation.
Provides new Army Reserve Soldiers opportunities for employment at Inova Health System facilities once they successfully complete military occupational training in areas of critical clinical support. Also provides healthcare job opportunities to military spouses, allowing these them to transfer their skills and experience to healthcare positions at facilities wherever they are stationed.
The Computing Technology Industry Association's (CompTIA) Educational Foundation offers Creating Futures, a free online IT training and certification program for disabled Veterans and transitioning Veterans interested in a career in the IT industry. Download an application here.
Offers a comprehensive website for helping Veterans and their family members choose careers, select the right degree, find military-friendly schools, learn how to use benefits to pay for school and other important information on financial aid, credit for military experience and more.
Provides a monthly stipend for full time students in accredited Bachelor of Science Nursing programs. Students can enroll after their sophomore year and receive an initial grant of $10,000 (paid in two installments of $5000 each), plus $1000 a month for up to 24 months.
Enables caregivers and military spouses to find and participate in job placement, training and educational programs that fit around medical schedules, deployment, future rehabilitation and transitioning in the military family.
Provides direct support to severely injured military Veterans and their families by helping them align their career goals with educational opportunity. While Service Members are recovering at Bethesda Naval Hospital, Walter Reed Army Hospital, Brooke Army Hospital or the Naval Medical Center San Diego, academic advisers assist them with developing customized educational plans.
Provides easy access to education and career development information and resources from the U.S. government. Includes links to help plan and pay for your education, including college search directories, financial aid and scholarship resources, online education, internships and more.
Provides comprehensive, instructor-led eLearning and IT and Cisco network certifications to recovering wounded warriors. Created to provide training and career opportunities when traditional classroom training is not feasible.
Provides referral assistance and placement services to military personnel interested in beginning a second career in public education as a teacher.
Provides green jobs education and career development opportunities for military veterans, empowering and supporting them to lead America's transition to energy independence, ecological restoration, community renewal, and economic prosperity.
Program designed to help eligible U.S. military Veterans refresh their academic skills so that they can successfully complete the postsecondary school of their choosing.
Offers education for careers in graphic design, Web design, multimedia, or game art for Service Members and their spouses.
Brochure on the Financial & Trading Education Program that prepares eligible disabled Veterans for leadership positions in the financial services industry. A six-month program consisting of four phases: assessment and career guidance, short-term internship exposure, academics and testing and a formal internship.
Matches volunteer combat Veterans serving as mentors with Wounded Warriors needing orientation and counseling on benefits, jobs, educational opportunities and handling of finances.
Offers 10-day writing workshops in Belfast, Maine and New York City for disabled Veterans, where Veterans can tell their stories and train with professional playwrights. Full travel and academic scholarships are provided to all Veterans accepted into the program. Programs have been designed to be completely accessible for persons with disabilities.
